[NOISE] There's a hearing in this
case that does not result in
freedom for Britney Spears and
dissolution of this guardianship.
It is a black eye on the American
justice.
>> That is Republican
Representative Matt Gaetz,
who is currently facing a federal
investigation for allegedly paying
for sex with a minor and paying for
her travel across state lines,
which is a serious federal crime.
But he's decided to jump in to
the discussion regarding
the Britney Spears conservatorship.
He was outside of the courtroom
protesting her conservatorship,
which obviously,
we agree that she should be let
loose from that conservatorship.
We find it to be an arrangement
that exploits her and is abusive.
Now, I don't know why
Matt Gaetz has decided to get
involved in this.
I would suspect, this is my
speculation, that he's trying to
deflect from his own legal laws.
But let's hear the rest
of his speech.
>> There were grifters in
this process to try to act
like they spoke for Britney,
that they knew what she wanted.
Well now, the whole world knows
what Britney Spears wants.
And it is the freedom and
the liberty that should be offered
to every single American.
Free Britney.
There is a lot that still
divides us but
one thing we can all agree on is
that Jamie Spears is a [INAUDIBLE]
[NOISE] >> Make any more
decisions regarding his daughter.
She is nearly 40 years old.
She should make her own decisions,
but you know what?
This case should open
our eyes to the broader abuse
that occurs in this system to
the millions of Americans impacted.
And if we come together,
then we think that Britney's final
act could be one of graciousness,
could be one of joy, and
could be one that could
help liberate many other Americans.
>> So again, I mean if Matt Gaetz
wasn't who Matt Gaetz is, then,
I mean, obviously,
I'm open to that messaging.
However, Matt Gaetz and
one other member of Congress who is
accused of some other horrific,
covering up of sexual misconduct,
decided to write a letter right,
urging Congress to do something
about this.
And the person I'm referring
to is Jim Jordan.
So Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan write
a letter to Congress,
specifically to the House Judiciary
Committee Chairman, Jerry Nadler.
Essentially saying, we want you to
do something about it.
The facts and circumstances giving
rise to this Britney Spears
arrangement remain in dispute but
involve questionable motives and
legal tactics by her father and
now-conservator Jamie Spears.
Given the constitutional freedoms
at stake and
opaqueness of these agreements,
it is incumbent upon our committee
to convene a hearing to examine
whether Americans are trapped
unjustly in conservatorships.
I also find it funny, Cenk,
that he mentioned Jamie Spears as
a grifter, which to be sure,
there's some reason to believe
that, I'm not denying it.
But Matt Gaetz is the guy who has
decided to ride on Donald Trump's
coattails to political success,
right?
>> Even beyond that end, I mean,
here he is showing up at a press
conference to get press attention.
And he's thinking positive press
attention and maybe get some of
Britney Spears' fans on his side
because he's under a lot of heat.
And so Britney Spears was a young
woman who was taken advantage of.
Matt Gaetz is charged with having
sex with an underaged girl.
He's not legally charged with it
yet, but the evidence has come
out in different trial.
So we'll see if he gets legally
charged with it and paying for it.
So it is a particularly despicable
grift to go and think, I can
improve my image of being with
underage girls if I go help, or
appear to be helping Britney Spears
with her legitimate problems,
right?
So, you don't see a lot of
legitimate politicians going
out there and doing that.
And this is all political stunts,
and Jim Jordan, of course, also was
a wrestling coach when another
coach molested dozens of wrestlers,
bullies in that case.
Well, no, he did it, but
whether Jim Jordan knew about it,
tons of people allege, the actual
students and wrestlers themselves
alleged that Jim Jordan did know
about and help to cover it up.
So these two grifters
extraordinaire coming in and
pretending they care about
Britney Spears is rich indeed.
But again, on the right wing, there
is no bounds to the hypocrisy.
It's the side of the political
spectrum that believes in QAnon.
And then here you have people who
were participated in some form of
horrible sexual misconduct
with the young people.
And QAnon people think, no,
that's fine there, as long as they
see nice things about us,
that's totally okay >> Also,
I mean, it's not loss on me that
the Britney Spears story is a story
abut alleged exploitation.
And here you have Matt Gaitz and
Jim Jordan exploiting this
story for political gain.
It's who they are,
they're shameless.
They're absolutely shameless.
But we're not going to forget what
they're accused of,
they're serious charges.
And you don't get to brush off
the fact that you've been accused
of exploiting people by pretending
like you care about
the exploitation of Britney Spears.
That's my take.
>> Yep.
>> Yeah.